In the same interview he also told porkies about Coke binning him - saying "I spoke with Coke towards the end of last season about signing a new deal and, with the Olympics coming up, they wanted a bit more of my time to do more commercial appearances," he said.Originally Posted by Win2WinRSS
"I just didn't have the time to do it.
"This all happened at the end of last season - so I haven't been with Coca-Cola since 2010, but it's only just come out now. It makes me laugh when people say I have been dropped by them."
End of last season was May 2010
- This is somewhat different from the statement his "spokesman" gave in Oct 2010 after Coke had sensibly dropped the idea of putting his ugly mug on cans following "lurid" revelations about his private life.
A spokesman for Wayne Rooney said: ‘Wayne remains contracted to Coca Cola and is currently in the middle of filming his third series of Street Striker as part of the Coke Zero endorsement.
‘The decision not to use his face on the cans has no bearing on his contract or on his current status as Coca-Cola UK’s leading football ambassador.’
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